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Eyesight


Definition:

  • (n.) Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 2001 Sorensen suffered a stroke, which seriously damaged his eyesight, but he continued to be involved in a number of organisations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and other charitable and public bodies, until a second stroke in October 2010.
  • (2) And the question of his eyesight and how it has affected him has dogged him ever since.
  • (3) Major or complete loss of eyesight is a serious interference with the activity and life of the affected subject.
  • (4) The average person uses three mechanisms to control their balance; their feet, the inner ear and eyesight.
  • (5) Many serious disorders that threaten eyesight can now be treated with vitreoretinal surgery.
  • (6) The child regained her eyesight and had no further neurological problems.
  • (7) Deterioration of eyesight after the operation is ascribed to the duration of the high intraocular pressure and gradual progression of the proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
  • (8) Either he was rejected for poor eyesight; or he failed to enlist and instead joined up as an ambulance driver.
  • (9) Rhian Kelly, head of climate change at the CBI , said: "When we talk to members, the majority of them say the government has climate change firmly within its eyesight, and in that sense, national policy is a far larger driver."
  • (10) "There has been absolutely no deterioration in my eyesight ….
  • (11) "It could affect a few organs, his eyesight, his hearing, and it can attack muscles too.
  • (12) These discoveries led to the use of the seed of the species as an eye medicine for improving the eyesight, and as a tonic for the increase of strength and the elevation of spirit.
  • (13) Old Man Trump’s eyesight is failing, and he can’t stop trying to nonconsensually force his tongue into his nurse’s mouth.
  • (14) Members of two Leber families previously published in 1944 (Lundsgård) and 1968 (Seedorff), were traced during the years 1968-1980 and questioned in 1981 about their eyesight.
  • (15) A study in the Lancet, published in 2014, also claimed to have established a “clear cause–effect relationship” between the use of poppers and eyesight damage since the product’s main ingredient isobutyl nitrite was substituted for isopropyl nitrite following changes to legislation in 2006.
  • (16) By the end of his career, his poor eyesight meant he conducted entirely from memory.
  • (17) "My father is traumatised and depressed with the loss of his eyesight.
  • (18) (2) Last week, Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was found guilty of ordering an acid attack that damaged the eyesight of the company's artistic director, Sergei Filin.
  • (19) Time losses for a curative and diagnostic consultation and provision of medical care to invalids of the Ist group with eyesight disorders exceeded the time necessary for rendering care to those who could see by 31-34%.
  • (20) Brown's allies thought the attack unreasonable because the prime minister's handwriting is affected by his poor eyesight.

Sight


Definition:

  • (v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
  • (v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
  • (v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
  • (v. t.) A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
  • (v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  • (v. t.) Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
  • (v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
  • (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
  • (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
  • (v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
  • (v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
  • (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
  • (v. t.) To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
  • (v. t.) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
  • (v. i.) To take aim by a sight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (2) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
  • (3) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Imogen and her father, John Hull, before he lost his sight.
  • (5) Their physical condition and performance was found to be comparable with that of normal sighted children.
  • (6) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
  • (7) He saw a soldier aim his weapon’s laser sight at the al-Atrashes’ Volkswagen “like he was preparing to shoot”.
  • (8) Many Iranian women are already pushing the boundaries , and observers in Tehran say women who drive with their headscarves resting on their shoulders are becoming a familiar sight.
  • (9) The home fans were lifted by the sight of Billy Bonds, a legend in these parts, being presented with a lifetime achievement award before the kick-off and the former West Ham captain and manager probably would have enjoyed playing in Allardyce's combative midfield.
  • (10) This results from a lack of knowledge of what could be done to conserve sight, the irreversible nature of many eye diseases, the distances involved in travelling to the clinic, and even a lack of knowledge of its existence.
  • (11) However, this operation may not be as sight effective as many believe.
  • (12) The results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in 16 blind and 120 sighted eyes (136 patients) are presented.
  • (13) It is now a well-known fact that the human body is able to use luminous stimulation for aims other than sight; the pineal gland, though no longer directly sensitive to light as in lower animals, is nevertheless the fulcrum of a complex neuro-endocrine system which makes an interaction between light and the human body possible by means of the production of a number of substances of which melatonin is the most widely investigated.
  • (14) Senior government sources have confirmed the budget razor gang has the fuel tax credit (formerly known as the diesel fuel rebate) “firmly in its sights” – a scheme that rebates miners and farmers and others for the off-road use of diesel.
  • (15) The National Society to Prevent Blindness, formed in 1908, is the oldest voluntary agency with the singular mission to preserve sight and prevent blindness through a broad program of public and professional education, industrial and community services, and research.
  • (16) Inside the Islamic State ‘capital’: no end in sight to its grim rule Read more The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia and an alliance of rebels known as the “Euphrates Volcano” – backed US-led coalition air strikes – have seized swaths of territory from Isis, including the strategic border town of Tal Abyad .
  • (17) When vertically divergent eye movements occur, both eyes also systematically rotate in parallel around their lines of sight (conjugate cyclotorsion).
  • (18) The Greek finance ministry's financial crimes unit conducted the raids, and says it has many other groups in its sights.
  • (19) The incumbent mayor has set his sights on stronger powers over the London economy as he seeks re-election for a second term on 3 May.
  • (20) The classical age-related problems of poor hearing, poor sight and difficulty in chewing were also prevalent among these elderly.